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DRIP 0UP FOR UMBBELLAS. No. 359,981. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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ALFRED G. NYGARD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DRIP-CUP F0 R UMBRELLAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,981, dated March22, 1887.

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To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ALFRED G. NYGARD, re siding at San Francisco, in thecounty of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Umbrella-Tip Drip- Gup, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a dripcup for the tips of umbrellas, withinwhich the water is received when the umbrella is closed, instead ofbeing permitted to drip upon the floor or carpet; and it consists in acylindrical or other shaped cup connected to the tip of an umbrella, inwhich position it is held by a spring.

or springs.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an umbrella with drip-cup attached.Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through dripcup.

Let A represent the dripcup, which is made cylindrical in form andprovided with a steel tip, a. The upper portion of the cup is madelarger than the lower, and so as to provide a sufficient receptacle forthe amount of water that would ordinarily drip from an umbrella whenwell soaked or saturated, and the upper end or mouth, I), is made ofconsiderable thickness, and rounded holes 0 bored vertically in therounded end, so that when the umbrella is in an upright position andopened the accumulated water will pass out through these holes, providedthe cup has not been emptied of its contents previously, it beingunderstood that the cup is adjustably connected to tip of the umbrellaat the point or tip end of the staff.

In order to connect and hold'thc cup to the tip of the staff the fiatsprings (Z (Z (Z (Z are employed, with curved or bent ends. Thesesprings are supported by a ring, 0, and the pins f, which pass throughthe enlargement of the mouth, ring, and springs, and bind the wholefirmly together.

In practice the tip of the umbrella is thrust into the cup, in whichposition the springs will engage with the staff and prevent the cup fromdropping off when the umbrella is folded and used in place of a cane,yet the cup may be easily removed and carried about the per son, to beused when required upon the umbrclla. For stiffening the springs, thering 9 may be employed and placed over the upper ends of the springsbefore the tip of the staff is thrust into the cup.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to soon reby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The drip-cup for umbrellas, which con-- sists in a cylindrical vesselor watercontainer provided with a spring or springs for connecting thecup or water-holder to the lower end or tip of an umbrella, asdescribed.

2. In a dripcup for the tips of umbrellas, provided with a retainingspring or springs, the enlarged upper portion thereof forming a chamberor water-container, and the outletholes communicating with the chamber,as and for the purpose set forth and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

ALFREDG. NYGARD. [1... s]

Witnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, CHAS. E. KELLY.

